Robert J. Marzano

Setting the Record Straight on “High-Yield” Strategies

Watching your work adopted by educators across the nation is flattering, but not if its widely misinterpreted.

Teacher Quality and Troops to Teachers: A National Study With Implications for Principals

A 2005 national study surveyed 2,103 Troops to Teachers (T3) program completers and their school administrators using 21 research-based instructional practices and four effective classroom management strategies associated with increased student achievement to determine whether T3s were more effective in the classroom than traditionally prepared teachers with comparable years of teaching experience. Sixty-one percent returned completed surveys. Principals overwhelmingly (more than 90%) reported that T3s are more effective in classroom instruction and classroom management/student discipline—and have a more positive impact on student achievement—than traditionally prepared teachers. Moreover, T3s teach in high-poverty schools, teach high-demand subjects (special education, math, science), plan to remain in teaching, and increase the teaching pools diversity.

National and State Standards: The Problems and the Promise

How can schools, principals, and teachers address the daunting prob lem of implementing all the standards that have been promulgated in recent years? How can they ensure that their students are prepared to meet all the standards? Can it even be done?

New approaches to literacy : helping students develop reading and writing skills

Addresses the controversy over skills versus language in reading education by integrating the best features of each approach. Based on experience with teachers, the authors present a learning strategy in which students acquire reading and writing skills as a by-product of communication tasks.